#BB9935#BB9935

#BB9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9935
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 2.12, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 54.84, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0008 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.122 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5292, 33.6063, 8.1408)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9935 #3557BB

analogous

#BB5635 #BB9935 #9ABB35

triadic

#BB9935 #35BB99 #9935BB

tetradic

#BB9935 #35BB56 #3557BB #BB359A

square

#BB9935 #35BB56 #3557BB #BB359A

split-complementary

#BB9935 #359ABB #5635BB

monochromatic

#5C4B1A #8B7227 #BB9935 #D1B35C #DEC98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9935

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9935	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b672',
    500: '#bb9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9935;
$custom-light: #d3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69609,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9935

secondary

#8395C9

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9935

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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